PIT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does PIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large hole in the ground.
Pit covers a hole, a coal mine, the area beside a racing circuit and the stone in a fruit — and only the fruit sense is unrelated to the rest, since that one came from Dutch. The theatre pit is the oldest of the group in English.
How PIT is used
Countable. Also a verb: pitted, pitting.
- The pit closed in 1985 and the town with it.
- A pit stop of two seconds decides the race.
- The fruit sense of pit came from Dutch.
- She pitted the cherries and stained everything within reach.
- Two pits dug in the wrong place and filled in again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIT
The 3 tiles of PIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIT
Showing 24 of 156 words that begin with PIT.
Words ending in PIT
Showing 24 of 41 words that end in PIT. Useful as a back hook: play PIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIT inside
Showing 24 of 614 words that contain PIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIT
Common questions about PIT
- Is PIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIT worth?
- PIT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIT mean?
- A large hole in the ground.
- What letters can be added to PIT?
- PIT takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PIT:
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